Dick Tickles They were leaving during the match. It wasn't half the crowd calling it a night, but you can't expect that to happen on night one of an impromptu protest led by the ever brilliant wrestling fan.
Yeah, but you would think that if the fans would understand the visual of many of them leaving during a Roman main event the message it would send to Vince and the audience at home. I haven't seen these alleged photos of large empty sections, but by 11 PM of this kind of show, I would have left early too.
WWE was far too focused on the damn Saudi Arabia show, and they must have forgotten Backlash was next week. That's the only real explanation for this terrible shit show.
The beginning of Samoa Joe vs Reigns started so strong too. Especially considering how the match ended up being, I'm more of the mindset that the ppv should have just ended with Joe laying out Reigns and the match never starting. It would've been a good way to end it and it would have served as Joe sending a strong message to the champions and the "2 time failure" Reigns. Plus, the ppv would have ended at a reasonable time...
The Fizzle is really what gets me. Seriously...if Vince McMahon would just suck it up and allow managers with the quality of guys like Bobby Heenan, Freddie Blassie, The Grand Wizard, Lou Albano, Paul Ellering, etc. etc., that's the one thing Roman needs the most, a badass manager getting him all fired up. But Vince McMahon is a stubborn control freak so he'll just keep missing out on golden opportunities to enhance his talent.
I think it would somewhat have helped Reigns get over if he would have just passed out from the submission, like Stone Cold back in the day. Sorry Rattlesnake, i know he will never be on your level
This ppv reminded me of victory road 2009 with minus five star match... Minus miz and Rollins WWE needs to fix this or I'm speaking to thanos to snap his fingers and half these writers and producers disappear...
We were stupid enough to watch it. This show had no purpose going in and no compelling reason to watch it. For future reference, if you feel that nothing important will happen on a ppv and you've been given little reason to want to watch it, DON'T!
Funki Chicken 20 YOU FUCKS HAVE RUINED TOO MANY GREAT MATCHES WITH YOU'RE LAME CHANTS AND RUSEV DAY CRAP! AND YOU EVEN ASK WHAT DID YOU DO!!??! STOP WATCHING WWE, WATCH THE INDY STUFF AND SHUT THE F UP
I am proud of the fans who left while the main event was going on. This is what needs to happen. WWE has a monopoly on the business and are lazy with booking. Please fans at the shows keep it up we deserve better than this and we all know it.
Shah Mir Why would I pay for a bag full of trash just for a apple? And if I did the money is going to the guy who filled the bag with trash and they're not really making money off of that apple But then again pirated streams are great for this situation
Just watch Backlash 2018 backwards! It'd be a better viewing experience seeing Rollins vs Miz as the final match. Then from here on out rebrand it to a ppv theme and call it Backwards 2019
Well people we have a Japanese WRESTLING company that has been pretty consistent & alot of good matches for a while now called NJPW. If you haven't caught on yet, now is a good time. NJPW is way, & I mean way more consistent product than WWE. You can watch both WWE & NJPW if you like, but NJPW is a more satisfying wrestling product. NJPW is not perfect, but you get tons of good wrestling & stories that make sense.
There are plenty of good WRESTLING companies out there. NJPW, Impact, ROH, a ton of indies... You can easily abandon the WWE entirely and have more wrestling than you can ever watch.
Lou Swole I cant fucking stand No Way Jose and his conga line. That silly segment had Vince written all over it. I swear that man has the most childish sense of humor.
No Way Joe has more of an upside than Bobby. Jose is younger, more athletic, and is a pretty solid worker in his own right. It’s not his fault he was saddled with this gimmick lol
It`s still a shit Gimmick...Who the fuck thinks this shit is catchy? Have you seen 1 person in the crowd dance or even look like they like that crap? I swear Vince is so out of fucking touch.
Juan Sanchez and Bobby is a great worker. There's a reason multiple people have all said the same praise for Bobby roode. (prichard, cornette, Jarrett, triple h, styles, ECT)
Didn't watch. Mania was 6 hours. GRR was 5 hours. Now you are telling me I have to watch ANOTHER show when we just had two HUGE shows already. Complete over exhaustion of creative and the talent. I have other stuff to do. If this show left a bad taste in your mouth, just watch NJPW Dontaku.
You absolutely can turn him heel, there's one problem with it though: this is a Vince McMahon project. And in case decades of wrestling hasn't make it clear enough, Vince McMahon HATES losing. Vince McMahon HATES being wrong. And at least he has no other choice, unless he can't find any excuse and not admitting defeat will lead to a disaster, he won't give up....and this is not XFL, nor is it WWE during the MNWs, back then he has no choice, if the product didn't work he had to change it, nowdays he doesn't have to because people keep watching. AND he has John Cena's precedent in his mind. Cena eventually got over and eventually, even though he was green at the start, with time and effort he developed into a very good wrestler with a great following. He probably believes he will make Reigns succeed like Cena did. Good luck changing his mind.
Big Cass shouldn't have tapped out or if he has to have Daniel Bryan get him in a kneebar then Big Cass can tap, he can say i wasn't going to risk being out for another nine months for a match that meant nothing but i walked out. Nakamura and Styles was what Mania should've been minus the finish, they could've done something where they leave ringside and do something where both are dead can't get back to the ring.
Brett Hart Stone cold finish. Have him pass out. Looks strong. But no lazy again, just have Bryan go over younger talent with no pay off. The pay off is Cass looks shit. Even though he wrecked him after, it just looked cheap and he was a sore loser which doesn't make him look strong at all. Hilarious lol
The sad thing is as long as WWE is doing good financially they will keep going in this path so this probably won't matter to them unless numbers start going down
I feel bad for Samoa Joe, he cut some of the best promos of the year and only to lose to Roman in the main event. Thankfully the Seth and Miz match was awesome but everything after that was trash!
When my girl watched Nia's promo after her match, she sarcastically clapped and could tell she was promoting something or just full of shit. My girl is also not a wrestling fan for the record. That promo was not be the worst but horrible at the same time too
Everyone should've seen this bad show coming, they had that glorified house show "greatest royal rumble last week" this didn't get any build to some good stories there was a bunch of pre shakedown match ups which made it predictable. I expect MITB to be much better, predicting the Miz to win the contract btw
Seth Rollins is The Man and the face of WWE imo. Banks vs Riott was better than Bayley vs Riott and both Women Title matches tonight. Nakamura/AJ has lost my interest. Nothing impressive about Lashley. WWE needs to turn Reigns heel or take him off TV for a bit because CM Punk chants and people leaving in these main events is not a good look. WWE is creatively bankrupt.
Worst finish that I can remember was the triple threat match between Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Brock Lesnar. Dean best the shot out of Roman with the chair, started beating Brock with the chair, turns around and gets hit with the spear for Roman to win.
Since WWE has changed it's rules to protect wrestlers and changed to a PG rating it's been getting worse. There's no point in having a no DQ match, if there's barely any chairs or tables involved. The Styles and Nakamura match was a huge let down. The best match of the night was the Rollins and Miz match.
BlueKnight Yeah Well I’m gunna say eww too because you’re a fan of someone that makes me go eww also. He as a Babyface is fucking TRASH, utter dumpster fire. Turn the man heel like he was in NXT.
Honestly I just didn't bother watching the Roman/Joe match... to me the tag match was the main event for me personally. I just don't have any interest in seeing Roman in the main event, the guy just seems like a mid card guy now and feel sorry for Joe having to lose to him. Nakamura and AJ should of been the main event even if the finish was shite but the WWE title match should always close the show. It truly was a shite PPV... Miz and Seth was match of the night.
Nia telling people being fat is fine and just accept it is fine is stupid. I am not saying fat shame people, but it does not make you special or unique.
So Roman dominates Joe. Now Joe is going to run over every one in Smackdown. Please tell me, what good does it do to having Roman go over. Please tell me.
AJ Styles and Nakamura wear steel cups, the way Goldberg tried to spear Bret Hart when he wore the metal plate around his waist, Styles and Nakamura get counted out in a last man standing match.
Just hand the key to triple h already. I can not believe that wwe has the best talents in the roster, but Vince and creative team are awful of making a great show.
Joshua Gomez You don't think that triple h isn't a part of this these indie wrestler wrestler just don't have any character or charisma and triple h hasn't shown he can do any better nxt sucks ass
Triple H doesn't have nearly as much pull on the main roster shows as he does in NXT (and 205 Live now). He isn't perfect, but he did make NXT into what it is, business seems to be picking up for 205 Live as well and perhaps, if he does take over from Vince, maybe shit will get better on the main roster too. With that being said, he will have to wait until Vince croaks to even have the chance at getting the keys. My suspicion is that Vince's little princess Steph will be the heir apparent, not Triple H (who may get a bit more creative control than he does now under Vince's regime).
I don't see why WWE is pitting Braun, or even Lashly up against people like KO and Zayn. The two are HUGE. They should be facing someone HUGE. Does WWE not understand that?
When the ppv prices went from $50 to less than $10, what did you expect? The old adage is you get what you pay for. Because the ppv's cost so little now, people don't get as upset when a show isn't spectacular, but the issue is that the shows are generally shit. I remember buying MitB 2013 and it was a generally good show and felt my $50 was well spent, which is more than I can say about WM29. I don't expect MitB 2018 to be better than it was 5 years ago, but for $10, how can I complain?
Don Burrito MitB 2011 was the best ppv WWE had produced since Wrestlemania 25, its greatest isn't even a question, but my point is overall, ppv's from before the Network was created to the ppv's that have been streamed on the Network, the difference in quality is night and day. PPV's are not as good as they were just 5 years ago.
Don B, the issue is that while there have been some great ppv's, they're rare and the usual result with ppv's now is that they're just meh. Meh should not be a WWE ppv, not when in years past the ppv's were actually really good. The formula with WWE ppv's now is the opener is the best match and the rest of the show is shit and WWE is hoping to wow you so much with the opener that you don't judge the ppv as a whole and focus on how good it started. For MITB, watch the opening match, then put it aside and watch the rest of the ppv and judge the rest of the ppv separate from the opener and if the rest of the ppv is shit, then the entire ppv is shit.
Dude, Solomonster cracking jokes about WWE is just the best during these reviews. Gives me a good laugh. Not a lot of people can actually make me laugh, but Jason certainly is one of the few.
Another great finish they could do for the next Nakamura vs AJ match: A 60 man Iron man match! With no DQ! None of them can get the pin on each other. So 60 mins passes and no one won. Then. Shane O Macerino comes out and says "no no no, this is NOT how a WWE championship match ends! I am going to make sure that we get a winner. TONIGHT. I will use my authority to RESTART the match! BUT. There is a catch. Not only, is this match restarted until someone pins someone. But this match will now be. A TRIPLE THREAT MATCH!" DO DO. DO DO. DO DO. DUN DUN. "IT'S THE BIG DAWG ROMAN REGINS" Michael Cole screams. Roman then spears AJ. He spears Nakamura. He spears the ref. He spears Michael Cole. He spears Samoa Joe, because why not? He then pins AND submits AJ and Nakamura at the same time, to become. The WWE world US tag team divas united kingdom cruserweight NxT northamerican southafrican WCW gold grand slam champion of the world of the universe of the galaxy BIG BIG DAWG CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Book it, Vince.
I saw a leaked photo of all the segments and matches in the order of when they would go on. With producers included and none other than Michael PS Hayes was the agent for the main event.
I’m in the minority, I liked the show. Yeah, some of the finishes were “eh” , but I can’t remember them having one horrible match on the card. They were all what I would say “good” for the ppv (second technical) right after mania.
man I haven't watched Backlash yet due to work and I don't mind spoilers so I looked up results and the fact that a lot of their videos especially the Reigns VS Joe had a lot of dislikes... yikes I guess I didn't miss a lot...
This is the first pay per view that I’ve watched with casual fans in a while and let me tell you, the atmosphere in the room really helps you stomach subpar shows like this. Yes it’s clear that this show wasn’t great, but I don’t think it’s worth the energy to shit on it either. I encourage everyone to do what I did as it really is a refreshing experience. Don’t worry though, next month I’ll be right back to shitting on the ridiculous decisions WWE makes lol
Jeff said in the Edge & Christian podcast that he takes care of himself 1st now which means landing on his opponent full force instead of lower back on canvas
Solomonster is right. They spent so much time building up the Greatest Royal Rumble that they forgot how to build Backlash. I usually don't buy into the "Major/Minor PPV" thing as a fan but Backlash had that minor PPV, B-show, stink all over it.
There were some positives besides the opener: Cass showed his nice tan, Bobby Roode’s robe shined, a kid in the crowd yelled for his mom & I learned the mute button doesn’t always work. I pressed mute b/c I couldn’t take Carmella’s screaming, but it was so loud & annoying the mute button didn’t faze her... so I learned that
I spend 99% of my WWE Network time watching stuff from years ago. Nothing about the current brand makes me want to see what's next. I'm bored with it, I'm sick of it, and I just don't care anymore.
The People vs Roman Reigns continues, with its newest chapter: 'The Walkout'.
Instead of waiting for the match to end, they need to do it DURING the match and do it EN MASSE.
Nothing is going to change. Vince sees Roman as the top guy.
Dick Tickles They were leaving during the match. It wasn't half the crowd calling it a night, but you can't expect that to happen on night one of an impromptu protest led by the ever brilliant wrestling fan.
Yeah, but you would think that if the fans would understand the visual of many of them leaving during a Roman main event the message it would send to Vince and the audience at home.
I haven't seen these alleged photos of large empty sections, but by 11 PM of this kind of show, I would have left early too.
Cuervo Blanco I think it's ridiculous since when did wrestling fans become such crybabies
"big dog wuf wuf and all that bs" - quote of the year
instablaster
Who else laughed out loud at the opening sentence?! 😂
Hisham Dahud I haven't heard Solomonster so pissed in a quite a while lol
Me. I put it on whilst I was getting up this morning and I nearly fell out of bed laughing. :')
I Actually Expected Undertaker To Go On A Tirade Hahahahaha It'd Be Hilarious Seeing The Deadman Pissed
I did. It's in the running for quote of year for me.
During the final match, I heard the crowd chanting things like, "This is boring", "Rusev Day", "Johnny Wrestling", "CM Punk" and "Delete"
Chevy And Mopar Fan and "Beat the traffic" which that's a new one, lol.
Chevy And Mopar Fan they also chanted beat the traffic if I’m not mistaken.
Beat the Trafffic was very creative
WWE was far too focused on the damn Saudi Arabia show, and they must have forgotten Backlash was next week. That's the only real explanation for this terrible shit show.
For the next bullshit ending for Shinsuke vs AJ Big Show walks down to the ring and WMD both men because he needs money for his family.
The beginning of Samoa Joe vs Reigns started so strong too. Especially considering how the match ended up being, I'm more of the mindset that the ppv should have just ended with Joe laying out Reigns and the match never starting. It would've been a good way to end it and it would have served as Joe sending a strong message to the champions and the "2 time failure" Reigns. Plus, the ppv would have ended at a reasonable time...
I thought he was going to sleep that one time.
That would have been 500% times better.
The Fizzle is really what gets me. Seriously...if Vince McMahon would just suck it up and allow managers with the quality of guys like Bobby Heenan, Freddie Blassie, The Grand Wizard, Lou Albano, Paul Ellering, etc. etc., that's the one thing Roman needs the most, a badass manager getting him all fired up. But Vince McMahon is a stubborn control freak so he'll just keep missing out on golden opportunities to enhance his talent.
I think it would somewhat have helped Reigns get over if he would have just passed out from the submission, like Stone Cold back in the day. Sorry Rattlesnake, i know he will never be on your level
A better name for this show would have been WWE Meltdown because it resembled Chernobyl.
As a Roman Reigns fan, I, honest to God, don’t know what the long term goal for this guy is. It’s sickening.
This ppv reminded me of victory road 2009 with minus five star match... Minus miz and Rollins WWE needs to fix this or I'm speaking to thanos to snap his fingers and half these writers and producers disappear...
Eric Fisher I'd love to see that happen, with only Rusev left with Lana, and Aiden English.
How about all the writers?
What did we do wrong to deserve THIS SHOW.
We were stupid enough to watch it. This show had no purpose going in and no compelling reason to watch it. For future reference, if you feel that nothing important will happen on a ppv and you've been given little reason to want to watch it, DON'T!
Boo Roman Reigns lmao
You didnt have to watch it
you keep giving Vince money.....
Funki Chicken 20 YOU FUCKS HAVE RUINED TOO MANY GREAT MATCHES WITH YOU'RE LAME CHANTS AND RUSEV DAY CRAP! AND YOU EVEN ASK WHAT DID YOU DO!!??! STOP WATCHING WWE, WATCH THE INDY STUFF AND SHUT THE F UP
I'll stick with NJPW for the time being, this PPV made me wanna throw up
I am proud of the fans who left while the main event was going on. This is what needs to happen. WWE has a monopoly on the business and are lazy with booking. Please fans at the shows keep it up we deserve better than this and we all know it.
The only thing that will work os not going or watching to start with. Check out Impact, RoH, NJPW or anyone other than the crooked E.
Man this was cool to watch 4 years later I remember listening to this back in 2018
this is why i don't pay for the WWE Network and pay for NJPW World subscription service
George Soros bastard child you don't have WWE network? Well have fun not watching NXT.
Shah Mir
Why would I pay for a bag full of trash just for a apple?
And if I did the money is going to the guy who filled the bag with trash and they're not really making money off of that apple
But then again pirated streams are great for this situation
Nobody will ever blame you, except for these hardcore wwe marks, which hate everything that's not wwe
Thanks for sharing.
George Soros bastard child Why you here then? Watch njpw, stay out of the wwe stuff
Just watch Backlash 2018 backwards! It'd be a better viewing experience seeing Rollins vs Miz as the final match. Then from here on out rebrand it to a ppv theme and call it Backwards 2019
I was considering re ordering the network on sunday afternoon to watch the PPV. Thank the good Lord I didn't!
suprcrzy Don't!
Anyone got Thanos on speed dial so he can erase this PPV from existence
Is it bad I look forward to these awful ppvs so I can hear my favorite podcasters just go off? Lol
Mikey Hodge same
Well people we have a Japanese WRESTLING company that has been pretty consistent & alot of good matches for a while now called NJPW. If you haven't caught on yet, now is a good time. NJPW is way, & I mean way more consistent product than WWE. You can watch both WWE & NJPW if you like, but NJPW is a more satisfying wrestling product. NJPW is not perfect, but you get tons of good wrestling & stories that make sense.
There are plenty of good WRESTLING companies out there. NJPW, Impact, ROH, a ton of indies... You can easily abandon the WWE entirely and have more wrestling than you can ever watch.
Bobby Roode has jumped the shark....
Lou Swole I cant fucking stand No Way Jose and his conga line. That silly segment had Vince written all over it. I swear that man has the most childish sense of humor.
No Way Joe has more of an upside than Bobby. Jose is younger, more athletic, and is a pretty solid worker in his own right. It’s not his fault he was saddled with this gimmick lol
It`s still a shit Gimmick...Who the fuck thinks this shit is catchy? Have you seen 1 person in the crowd dance or even look like they like that crap? I swear Vince is so out of fucking touch.
Juan Sanchez I doubt Jose is more athletic...
Juan Sanchez and Bobby is a great worker. There's a reason multiple people have all said the same praise for Bobby roode. (prichard, cornette, Jarrett, triple h, styles, ECT)
Didn't watch. Mania was 6 hours. GRR was 5 hours. Now you are telling me I have to watch ANOTHER show when we just had two HUGE shows already. Complete over exhaustion of creative and the talent. I have other stuff to do. If this show left a bad taste in your mouth, just watch NJPW Dontaku.
You absolutely can turn him heel, there's one problem with it though: this is a Vince McMahon project. And in case decades of wrestling hasn't make it clear enough, Vince McMahon HATES losing. Vince McMahon HATES being wrong. And at least he has no other choice, unless he can't find any excuse and not admitting defeat will lead to a disaster, he won't give up....and this is not XFL, nor is it WWE during the MNWs, back then he has no choice, if the product didn't work he had to change it, nowdays he doesn't have to because people keep watching. AND he has John Cena's precedent in his mind. Cena eventually got over and eventually, even though he was green at the start, with time and effort he developed into a very good wrestler with a great following. He probably believes he will make Reigns succeed like Cena did. Good luck changing his mind.
This was the show that made me stop watching WWE.
Big Cass shouldn't have tapped out or if he has to have Daniel Bryan get him in a kneebar then Big Cass can tap, he can say i wasn't going to risk being out for another nine months for a match that meant nothing but i walked out. Nakamura and Styles was what Mania should've been minus the finish, they could've done something where they leave ringside and do something where both are dead can't get back to the ring.
Brett Hart Stone cold finish. Have him pass out. Looks strong. But no lazy again, just have Bryan go over younger talent with no pay off. The pay off is Cass looks shit. Even though he wrecked him after, it just looked cheap and he was a sore loser which doesn't make him look strong at all. Hilarious lol
The sad thing is as long as WWE is doing good financially they will keep going in this path so this probably won't matter to them unless numbers start going down
I feel bad for Samoa Joe, he cut some of the best promos of the year and only to lose to Roman in the main event.
Thankfully the Seth and Miz match was awesome but everything after that was trash!
I can't believe it's been nearly 5 years since this heaping pile of shit. Love these reviews.
I can see AJ Styles waking up with the same scar as Bardock from Dragon Ball
This was one of the worst PPVs since WCW went out of business. An all-time bad show.
When my girl watched Nia's promo after her match, she sarcastically clapped and could tell she was promoting something or just full of shit. My girl is also not a wrestling fan for the record. That promo was not be the worst but horrible at the same time too
20 mins to new year 2024 and im listening to this again 😅
I love when poor solomonster gets pissed. I read the results and was waiting for this as soon as i saw the Aj v Nakamura finish
Everyone should've seen this bad show coming, they had that glorified house show "greatest royal rumble last week" this didn't get any build to some good stories there was a bunch of pre shakedown match ups which made it predictable. I expect MITB to be much better, predicting the Miz to win the contract btw
Jay Jay money in the bank is for the raw brand
greenman394 MITB is dual branded. 4 raw and 4 sdl in the match...
Jay Jay Was it duel branded last year? I only remember smackdown talent having briefcases
greenman394 last year was just smackdown branded, this year its dual. Every ppv is dual branded this year
Jay Jay I just thought the big 4 and this one would be, thanks for the insight
This show legitimately put me to sleep 😂😂😂
Seth Rollins is The Man and the face of WWE imo. Banks vs Riott was better than Bayley vs Riott and both Women Title matches tonight. Nakamura/AJ has lost my interest. Nothing impressive about Lashley. WWE needs to turn Reigns heel or take him off TV for a bit because CM Punk chants and people leaving in these main events is not a good look. WWE is creatively bankrupt.
Worst finish that I can remember was the triple threat match between Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Brock Lesnar. Dean best the shot out of Roman with the chair, started beating Brock with the chair, turns around and gets hit with the spear for Roman to win.
Since WWE has changed it's rules to protect wrestlers and changed to a PG rating it's been getting worse. There's no point in having a no DQ match, if there's barely any chairs or tables involved. The Styles and Nakamura match was a huge let down. The best match of the night was the Rollins and Miz match.
I literaly fell asleep in the rest holds and woke up to romans music 😂
The Solomonster: "33:10-33:14."/"0:05-0:15.".
Me: Agreed on both counts.
Let me just say this I am a Roman Reigns fan but the whole ppv even the main event was god awful
BlueKnight Reigns fan?
Ewww
I thought it was a great match....
Da'Bones This guy Lol
BlueKnight Yeah Well I’m gunna say eww too because you’re a fan of someone that makes me go eww also. He as a Babyface is fucking TRASH, utter dumpster fire. Turn the man heel like he was in NXT.
I’m a Reigns fan but the treatment of him is absolutely ridiculous and WWE is fucking stupid and petty for it
Dontaku was so much better it's not even funny.
Once, again, The Solomonster calls it like it is, pulls no punches & doesn't hold anything back.
Great job, as always!
Honestly I just didn't bother watching the Roman/Joe match... to me the tag match was the main event for me personally. I just don't have any interest in seeing Roman in the main event, the guy just seems like a mid card guy now and feel sorry for Joe having to lose to him. Nakamura and AJ should of been the main event even if the finish was shite but the WWE title match should always close the show. It truly was a shite PPV... Miz and Seth was match of the night.
ShadowRealmFox WWE doesn't care about the WWE Championship anymore. As you can see it's on SmackDown lol
Why was the crowd chanting "BEAT THE TRAFFIC!", again?...
I only watched the opening match. My internet connection was the shits and had connectivity issues so only saw the first match.
Your internet connection did you a favor
Boots! It's for the best that you only saw the opening match
Boots! When you think your wifi sucks but it’s actually doing you a favor
Oh my god, call a scientist, your router may have developed artificial intelligence.
Internet connection is the real MVP
Nia telling people being fat is fine and just accept it is fine is stupid. I am not saying fat shame people, but it does not make you special or unique.
I'm still trying to figure out whether or not the WWE really does deserve a quality guy like Seth Rollins.
Rollins vs Miz was amazing
Hardy vs Orton was great
The Elias segment was great
That’s it
Gda Rippa Orton and Hardy was fking terrible
Said no one
mikeyy LoL - It was a great match casual
Gda Rippa shit was terrible, u clearly haven't watched good wrestling if u think that shit was good
Backlash was a 2/10 for me. The first match was so great but rest of the show sucked
Also the only good thing on the show was Seth Rollins vs The miz
So Roman dominates Joe. Now Joe is going to run over every one in Smackdown. Please tell me, what good does it do to having Roman go over. Please tell me.
Upol Alam So Roman looks strong for his Universal Championship rematch.
Trevor J Gotta make Reigns look strong... fours years with no end in sight
Upol Alam cause vince is love Roman cocks
Trevor J fuck that. He lose fair at wresitmania
I can't defend Roman anymore. I officially have go away heat with me
So..anyone watch NJPWs Wrestling Dontaku instead? Reading the Backlash results on my Twitter feed waa enough to drive me away
Derron Browning I did.
My WWE network ran out the day before, I guess it was a blessing in disguise
This is why I gave up on watching WWE about 2 years ago. Now I'm just watching the Indies and hardcore shit lmao
AJ Styles and Nakamura wear steel cups, the way Goldberg tried to spear Bret Hart when he wore the metal plate around his waist, Styles and Nakamura get counted out in a last man standing match.
RUclips gave me an ad for dog poo removal below this review. So even the ad bot hated the ppv ...
Just hand the key to triple h already. I can not believe that wwe has the best talents in the roster, but Vince and creative team are awful of making a great show.
Fucking A man. This show was an insight into the mind of Vince McMahon; it's a mess.
Joshua Gomez You don't think that triple h isn't a part of this these indie wrestler wrestler just don't have any character or charisma and triple h hasn't shown he can do any better nxt sucks ass
Triple H doesn't have nearly as much pull on the main roster shows as he does in NXT (and 205 Live now). He isn't perfect, but he did make NXT into what it is, business seems to be picking up for 205 Live as well and perhaps, if he does take over from Vince, maybe shit will get better on the main roster too. With that being said, he will have to wait until Vince croaks to even have the chance at getting the keys. My suspicion is that Vince's little princess Steph will be the heir apparent, not Triple H (who may get a bit more creative control than he does now under Vince's regime).
Best talents? This roster is nothing compared the 2000s roster
Yup Grand Master Sexxay totally better than today's roster.
Oh boy. This is gonna be good.
The Solomonster- Is your Q&A video from Christmas Day of 2015 still on RUclips?...
I can't find it.
This is the first time that I listen to a review before watching a PPV. I'm glad I waited. Ill watch the first match and that is it. Thx @solomonster
IT WAS MICHAEL PS HAYES THAT BOOKED THE MAIN EVENT..THAT FREEBIRD HAS BEEN A LAME DUCK SINCE THE 90S
I don't see why WWE is pitting Braun, or even Lashly up against people like KO and Zayn. The two are HUGE. They should be facing someone HUGE. Does WWE not understand that?
this show was absolutely garbage aside from the ic title match & the elias segment this was a dumpster fire.
Show worked better then Ambien !!
Pay per views are not special anymore at all! Sucks.
When the ppv prices went from $50 to less than $10, what did you expect? The old adage is you get what you pay for. Because the ppv's cost so little now, people don't get as upset when a show isn't spectacular, but the issue is that the shows are generally shit.
I remember buying MitB 2013 and it was a generally good show and felt my $50 was well spent, which is more than I can say about WM29. I don't expect MitB 2018 to be better than it was 5 years ago, but for $10, how can I complain?
Don Burrito MitB 2011 was the best ppv WWE had produced since Wrestlemania 25, its greatest isn't even a question, but my point is overall, ppv's from before the Network was created to the ppv's that have been streamed on the Network, the difference in quality is night and day.
PPV's are not as good as they were just 5 years ago.
Don B, the issue is that while there have been some great ppv's, they're rare and the usual result with ppv's now is that they're just meh. Meh should not be a WWE ppv, not when in years past the ppv's were actually really good.
The formula with WWE ppv's now is the opener is the best match and the rest of the show is shit and WWE is hoping to wow you so much with the opener that you don't judge the ppv as a whole and focus on how good it started.
For MITB, watch the opening match, then put it aside and watch the rest of the ppv and judge the rest of the ppv separate from the opener and if the rest of the ppv is shit, then the entire ppv is shit.
this show was horrible
Dude, Solomonster cracking jokes about WWE is just the best during these reviews. Gives me a good laugh.
Not a lot of people can actually make me laugh, but Jason certainly is one of the few.
What Was Worse Backlash 2018 or Battleground 2017???
15 seconds in and this already the greatest review of all time.
Another great finish they could do for the next Nakamura vs AJ match:
A 60 man Iron man match! With no DQ! None of them can get the pin on each other. So 60 mins passes and no one won. Then. Shane O Macerino comes out and says "no no no, this is NOT how a WWE championship match ends! I am going to make sure that we get a winner. TONIGHT. I will use my authority to RESTART the match! BUT. There is a catch. Not only, is this match restarted until someone pins someone. But this match will now be. A TRIPLE THREAT MATCH!"
DO DO. DO DO. DO DO. DUN DUN.
"IT'S THE BIG DAWG ROMAN REGINS" Michael Cole screams.
Roman then spears AJ. He spears Nakamura. He spears the ref. He spears Michael Cole. He spears Samoa Joe, because why not? He then pins AND submits AJ and Nakamura at the same time, to become. The WWE world US tag team divas united kingdom cruserweight NxT northamerican southafrican WCW gold grand slam champion of the world of the universe of the galaxy BIG BIG DAWG CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Book it, Vince.
Show was trashcans
I saw a leaked photo of all the segments and matches in the order of when they would go on. With producers included and none other than Michael PS Hayes was the agent for the main event.
Ambien > WWE
More like Backrash! Ehh? EHHHH?
This ppv was deletable I shall DELETE meek mahan for this abomination
What if they made it a low blow match where you win by giving your opponent a low blow? I feel like that'd be pretty bad.
Low Blow on a Pole match
It's like last years Battleground all over again... 0_o
11:24-11:27.; Jeff Hardy was on the 'WWE SmackDown!' roster, before.
This wasn't his his first time...
I’m in the minority, I liked the show. Yeah, some of the finishes were “eh” , but I can’t remember them having one horrible match on the card. They were all what I would say “good” for the ppv (second technical) right after mania.
You have low standards.
man I haven't watched Backlash yet due to work and I don't mind spoilers so I looked up results and the fact that a lot of their videos especially the Reigns VS Joe had a lot of dislikes... yikes I guess I didn't miss a lot...
Backlash 2018 was a pile of dogshit
This is the first pay per view that I’ve watched with casual fans in a while and let me tell you, the atmosphere in the room really helps you stomach subpar shows like this. Yes it’s clear that this show wasn’t great, but I don’t think it’s worth the energy to shit on it either. I encourage everyone to do what I did as it really is a refreshing experience. Don’t worry though, next month I’ll be right back to shitting on the ridiculous decisions WWE makes lol
Came home from work and skipped through to see the winners lol.
Dat intro
Jeff said in the Edge & Christian podcast that he takes care of himself 1st now which means landing on his opponent full force instead of lower back on canvas
Solomonster is right. They spent so much time building up the Greatest Royal Rumble that they forgot how to build Backlash. I usually don't buy into the "Major/Minor PPV" thing as a fan but Backlash had that minor PPV, B-show, stink all over it.
Bret vs Owen
HHH vs Shawn Michaels
Examples of long term booking
the people attacking you and others for not thinking it's a good show what did they see in this show giving it 9/10?
There were some positives besides the opener: Cass showed his nice tan, Bobby Roode’s robe shined, a kid in the crowd yelled for his mom & I learned the mute button doesn’t always work. I pressed mute b/c I couldn’t take Carmella’s screaming, but it was so loud & annoying the mute button didn’t faze her... so I learned that
If you'll listen closely the reason Cass tapped out so quickly is the ref is saying "go home go home go home"
An anvil falls on AJ's balls, and Shinskue gets knocked out by the rope lashing him down the stomach, causing both to be in severe pain.
I spend 99% of my WWE Network time watching stuff from years ago. Nothing about the current brand makes me want to see what's next. I'm bored with it, I'm sick of it, and I just don't care anymore.
Gorilla Monsoon that’s everyone unfortunately. I tried roh and NJPW and never looked back.
Tna's redemption was better than backlash SMDH!!!
Impact was better than wwe in 2018
I was there live and we were chanting "beat the traffic" and most of us did. When Roman got the pin I vaulted up 4 rows and stormed out.
Thank you WWE for Killing Samoa Joe's Heat
Aside from Jeff Hardy/Randy Orton and Seth Rollins and The Miz, this PPV was absolutely awful.
WITH THE WORD "BOOK" IN HIS NAME YOU'D THINK BOOKER T COULD DO THE MATH
015Froggy If they had Scott Steiner, the math would have been done.
“A giant heaping pile of shit” - Solomonster 2018